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most of the "People"-photos on this website are photos of people in other countries.
E.g. a member from France posts a photo of kids in a slum in Cambodia, a Polish member posts a photo of a farmer in India and so on.

Hardly anybody posts photos of people of one´s own country. Why not? Because people in some popular travel destinations are used to be captured; they know that they´re "exotic".

I think if I would ask a vegetable vendor in my town´s weekly street market, or the Kebap guy, or the lady at the counter of McDonald´s ... well, they would probably think I´m crazy if I came up with the wish to take a photo of them.

most of the "People"-photos on this website are photos of people in other countries.
E.g. a member from France posts a photo of kids in a slum in Cambodia, a Polish member posts a photo of a farmer in India and so on.

Hardly anybody posts photos of people of one´s own country. Why not? Because people in some popular travel destinations are used to be captured; they know that they´re "exotic".

I think if I would ask a vegetable vendor in my town´s weekly street market, or the Kebap guy, or the lady at the counter of McDonald´s ... well, they would probably think I´m crazy if I came up with the wish to take a photo of them.

How do you feel about this topic? Ever tried it?

Gisi

Gisi, interesting that you mention this, as I've considered it in the past. I have posted photos of people in the US, and in fact am about to post several more, but it does feel different than doing so in a foreign country as a tourist. Perhaps there's a level of engagement with the surroundings that is different while one is away from familiar soil? Good question, though, and worthy of discussion.

Hi, it is interesting question. I think it is not quite true. There are people who make photos mainly of the people or street scenes and then the people can be of their own country - see photos by Takero - the people are Japanese. But I admit that when you are in a foreign country it is more natural that you make photos of people. If someone in my country asked me why I made photo of him/her, I wouldn't know what to answer.
On the other hand, for Western tourists Asian or African people seem much more interesting - they have exotic dresses, behave in quite different way.
And other thing - in TOS, the self-portrait, images of friends, family, neighbours are forbidden. More safe is to show people of other country.

I agree that we are more tempted to take picture of persons in the foreign countries because they are so different from the ones we met everyday, but as you spend more time in your own country, it is easyer to take picture; the only problem is to DARE, don't be too SHY. It's really fun, and for starting you can use long telephoto, but the major tips are:
- be ready to fire, so remove the cap, camera ON,
- settings must be ready (Programm mode),
- be alert, imaginative,......

Interesting that you asked. The most common reason is that as a tourist in a foreign country, you tend to be more open and adventurous; the people have better rapport and photography is a very good ice-breaker!

Yes, I also agree with you. This topic is interesting. You know, we tend to be tempted to take picture of persons in the foreign countries because they are so different from the ones we met every day, but as you spend more time in your own country, it is easier to take picture; the only problem is to dare, don't be too shy